Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
Art of deception: Crystal skulls in British, US museums were fakes
by Richard Ingham Tue Jul 8, 8:20 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - How about this for the next instalment of the Indy franchise: “Indiana Jones and the Dodgy Antiques Dealer”?
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Crystal skull which is displayed in the British Museum’s Wellcome Trust Gallery. […]
Voters in Dallas suburb OK ban on renting to illegals
May 13, 2007
BY ANABELLE GARAY
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Voters in this Dallas suburb Saturday overwhelmingly approved a measure banning landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants.
More than 90 local governments nationwide have proposed similar measures, but Farmers Branch was the first to put the issue to […]
“The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.”
Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2007 9:31:09 EST
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George […]
“Local agent faces charges
Immigration officials say Dominguez oversaw operation that smuggled Cuban baseball players to the U.S., where they signed pro contracts.
By Lance Pugmire, Times Staff Writer
November 1, 2006
A Southern California player agent who has represented defected Cuban baseball players was among five men charged Tuesday with smuggling, transporting and harboring Cuban players who were […]
I seem to recall that W said the same thing to Democrats after the 2004 presidential election. In W lingo, ‘work with’ means “ride rough-shod over” while congressional committee chairmen did W’s bidding by either calling the cops on the Dems or assigning them basement rooms for hearings.The Democrats shopuld not have bent so easily […]
Plan may put troops at Mexico, U.S. border
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published May 13, 2006
WASHINGTON - President Bush, trying to build momentum for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, is considering plans to shore up the Mexican border with National Guard troops paid for by the federal government, the Associated Press reported Friday, citing unnamed administration […]
Each of us can rest assured that a scene like the one in that grainy 16 mm film would never happen in America. Nevertheless, awareness of ethnic origin is a fact of life. Like Rashomon, views of your basic non-White Anglo-Saxon Protestant peoples are as varied as the needs they fulfill. First, read the article.
U.S. […]
This un-retouched photograph shows the reason President Wilson sent General Pershing into Mexico. Apparently, the Mexican nationalist had developed the very first nuclear weapon in 1916. Pershing’s troops had been able to surround the adobe hut in which “el muchacho” had been hiddeen. Twenty-nine years later, American scientists had finally discovered how to ignite the […]
Book your Mexican vacation plans early.
2,400 Foot Tunnel Beats Them All
Builders of Passage well funded, investigators say
By Ornell R. Soto and Leslie Berestein
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
January 27, 2006
JOHN R. MCCUTCHEN/Union-Tribune
The 2,400-foot-long tunnel runs from a warehouse near Tiajuana’s airport to this Otay Mesa warehouse. A sigb says it is the home to V&F LLC, but it is unclear who rents […]